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PREVIEW: Summit League has two more years in Sioux Falls
As the University of South Dakota finishes its transition to Division I, its basketball teams will be eligible for the Summit League Conference Tournament next year. The Summit League tournament has been hosted at the Sioux Falls Arena for the past four years and the arena has the tournament contracted for the next two. South […]
PREVIEW: New student organization helps students network
Students at the University of South Dakota have the opportunity to be a member of any group that interests them. If there isn’t a group they’d like to be a part of, they can make one themselves, and that’s exactly what one group of students recently did. The university is now offering a sports management […]
PREVIEW: USD students affected by Kony 2012
Amidst the hype of the Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 campaign, members of the University of South Dakota’s African Student Association — mainly consisting of African refugees — find themselves full of unanswered questions. Questions like: Why Uganda? Why not my country or Africa as a whole? But mostly — after 26 years — why now? […]
“Top Girls” a win for the Theater Department
“Creepy” isn’t a word that gets paired with feminism very often. Caryl Churchill’s play “Top Girls,” directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Raimondo Genna, doesn’t just throw the two concepts together, it makes the combination feel natural. The play is set in 1980s Britain during the time of Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister. […]
EDITORIAL: Going to class sick is disruptive and ill-advised
Welcome to cold and flu season. This is the time of year when health becomes an issue for universities. Students and professors have daily contact with hundreds of other people, and if one person is sick, it is possible for dozens to catch whatever germ the sick person has. Widespread illness makes people miserable, can […]
Rugby team hosts South Dakota State Saturday
University of South Dakota men’s rugby squad captain, senior Kaleb Paulsen, attributed the team’s recent 49-5 victory over Doane College to their pre-game ritual. “We got jacked up on Redbull and came out with some fire,” Paulsen said. “We played hard and functioned as a team. With this team, we have the potential to win […]
Hockey team wins first game in over two years; hosts SDSU tonight
The University of South Dakota club hockey team will host their annual Dakota Days homecoming hockey game against the Jackrabbits of South Dakota State University tonight at 7 p.m. in Yankton at the 4-H grounds. The Coyotes are coming off their first win in over two years, a 2-0 win against Creighton University on Sept. […]
Hockey team in action this weekend
The University of South Dakota club hockey team will kick off their 2011-2012 season against Creighton University Friday at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa. Sophomore center Stephen Bollinger said the team has been practicing hard in order to prepare for Creighton. “We have been hosting practices in Sioux City twice a week,” […]
DakotaDome receives face-lift
University of South Dakota students noticed a change in the DakotaDome at the first football game this year when the summer renovations were finally exposed to the entire campus. This summer major renovations took place at that DakotaDome, which included replacing all the stadium seats within the dome, updating the building with the new SD […]
New competitive cheer on campus
The University of South Dakota has added another club sport for the 2011-2012 school year — competitive cheerleading. Freshman Alissa Thomsen said starting the student organization was something she and fellow cheerleader, sophomore Tessa Dee, realized had potential after a number of girls quit the sideline cheer team. “There are so many girls on campus […]